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رح

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

R. Q. 1 رَحْرَحَ ذ He (a man, TA) did not exceed the usual bounds so as to reach the bottom, or utmost depth, of the object of his desire; (K, TA;) as, for instance, of a vessel: (TA:) [IbrD thinks that it signifies he sought, by his speech, the expression of a meaning which he failed to attain. ] ― -b2- رحرح بِالكَلَامِ He spoke, or expressed himself, obliquely, ambiguously, or equivocally; not plainly. (K, TA.) ― -b3- رحرح عِنْ فُلَانٍ i. q. سَتَرَدُونَهُ [ He protected such a one by intervening, or by interposing something ]. (K.)

Derived headwords

رَحْرَحَ
  1. 1.
رحرح بِالكَلَامِ
رحرح عِنْ فُلَانٍ